The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-11-12
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1887.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

LOCAL BREvITIEs.
A light snow was falling on Friday at II
o'clock.
The newly-elected officers will assume their
positions about the first of December.
Mr.. John S. Mills, of Washington, d. c.,
is spending the week in this city, on visit to
his mother.
Mrs. j. A. Fisher, of Stella. Nebraska, is
visiting her niece, Mrs. Samuel d. Reifsnider,
Main and Centre streets, this city.
Rev. S. B. Pond went to New York, to
visit his mother on Monday. He intended to
spend the week, but was called home on ac-
count of the death of DR.. Fringer.
Mr.. Tobias Eckenrode has sold his hotel
property in Harvey to Mr.. Daniel Hessen for
$1,000. Messrs. j. Vincent Eckenrode and
J. Newcomer have started cigar factory in
the same village.
Mrs. Margaret Helming. wife of Frederick
Helming, died on the 25th of September, 1887,
near Pikesville, Baltimore county, aged %
years. She was born and raised IN Union
town, this county, and was the daughter OF
John and Sophia Yingling
Among the ballots in the box at the first
precinct, Westminster, was pay envelope,
endorsed ''Brook Gibson $40" 1t is suppos-
ed some voter put it in, in place of ticket.
In Uniontown district a voter handed in a
check for So IS, in mistake for q full Demo-
cratic ticket The check and ticket were
about same size The owner recovered the
check again.
Greer. the left-feldes of the old Westmln-
ster club has made very good record. lie
was second as catcher, having record OF
800 Mulligan, who leads the Association,
having $50. In batting he stood fitieth in
about one hundred players, with record OF
Dog. The highest batting average was Az and
the lowest was 1913. As left-felder he stood
fourth, with record of 903, among twelve.
Mr.. Peter J. Geiman, residing near Mel
rose, is the champion pumpkin raiser as Tar
as heard from. On one vine he raised 2,Io5
pounds of pumpkins, there being 48 in all.
The largest weighed lis pounds, two weigh
ed 40 rounds each, another 1902 pounds, and
still another 100 pounds. The others were OF
less weight, but none of them were small.
A ton and a quarter of pumpkins from one
vine, is not easy to be equaled
Mr.. Oliver Hoover, of Wakefield, was not
so badly injured by his accident last week as
was first reported. His eye was not knocked
out, nor his ear torn off, but both were IN
iured His injuries were severe. however,
and on yesterday he was reported as falling
Eli HiltabidIe, of Union Bridge, who had to
have both feet amputated last week, as the
result of an accident on the railroad, was re-
ported yesterday as doing very well.
The failure of the North Carolina Milestone
Company, in which Messrs. J. E. and George
A. Taylor, formerly of this city, were largely
interested, was noticed in the ADVOCATE some
weeks ago. A meeting of creditors was held
in Baltimore last Saturday, their claims
amounting to 500, 900. The property was
advertised for sale on Thursday, and the
creditors petitioned the United States Court
for an Injunction to restrain the sale.
The members of St. Johns Catholic Church,
this city, on Wednesday night, had donation
party at the parsonage, for the benefit OF the
Little Sisters of the Poor, of Baltimore,
charitable organization. The donations en-
braced variety of articles, including grocer
les, -four, vegetables, dry goods, &c. The
contributions weighed $500 pounds. which
were shipped by Father Gloyed on Thursday
morning and transported by the Western
MARYLAND Railroad free of charge.
On Friday evening next the children of
PARIS Ridge School Miss McKellip'sl and
others will hold an oyster supper and festival
in the school.room, I'd story of the Albaugh
Building, corner of Main and Court streets.
During the evening there will be donkey
Party'' in an adjoining room, to which an adj
mission of ten cents will be charged, and
every purchaser of a ticket will receive a
prize Both of these affairs Will be superln-
tended by Miss McKellip, and all who attend
will no doubt be more than pleased.
On Wednesday the halfmile trotting course,
on the Pimlico road, near Baltimore,
was opened by series of races In
the $50 class, purse 5000, Harry Bashaw,
owned by DR.. R. o. D. Warfeld, of Franklin
district, was entered by Frank Starr. There
were five starters In the first heat Harry
Bashaw was fourth but took the other three
heats. Time 2.43, 2.41, 2.3S2, 2.39g. The
races ON Thursday were postponed on account
of rain. For the second days races, Harry
Bashaw was entered in the 2.40 class.
Col. Lloyd J. Beall, cousin of Mrs. e. J.
>Shellman, of Westminster, and one of Rich
,mond's oldest and most respected citizens,
died on Wednesday, in the eighty-frst year
of his age. Col. Beall was native of Rhode
Island. graduated at West Point, served for
several years on the frontier and in the Black
Hawk, Florida and Mexican wars, and at the
. outbreak of the late war was major IN the
United States army, which position ne resign
ed to link his fortunes with the Confederacy
After the war he settled in Richmond, Va,
and carried on business there for years.